Purushottam Nayak Kandhamal: Priests , Religious, Laity of Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar gathered in Divya Jyoti Pastoral Centre, Konjamendi, Kandhamal for the Chrism Mass on March 27, 2018: Father George Mampally, CM Parish Priest of Padangi of Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar gave a talk to the priests on “Effective witnessing God’s presenceContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Phnom Penh: A group of church leaders from Cambodia’s rural congregations has affirmed to proclaim the Gospel to all God’s people and witness together in participating to build the Kingdom of God. The ecumenical leadership development training organized by the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) inContinue Reading
Manila: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila will wash the feet of migrants and refugees during a Holy Week ritual that traditionally celebrates Christ’s washing of the feet of the apostles. The head of Caritas Internationalis, who is leading a Vatican campaign to interact and welcome migrants and forcibly displacedContinue Reading
Dhenkanal: About 20 villagers questioning Christians gathered for worship in a home in Odisha state, India were animists who worshipped objects in nature and other gods, but Hindu nationalists had led them there. “Why have you left your ancestral faith and begun following the Christian faith?” a few of themContinue Reading
New Delhi: The ruling issued by Kerala High Court to stay the proceedings against Cardinal Mar George Alencherry on the controversial land deals of the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese of Syro- Malabar Church will continue till April 3. The Supreme Court dismissed the plea requesting to vacate the stay on the HCContinue Reading
The additional munsiff court in Kollam passed an order restraining the bishop Stanley Roman of Quilon from taking policy decisions with respect to spending funds, sale of diocesan properties and transferring priests and other staff of the institutions under the diocese. The order, which has similarities with the legal restrictionsContinue Reading
A Chinese bishop whom the Vatican asked to step aside to make way for an excommunicated and illegitimate bishop has been arrested by police in China. Asia News has reported today that His Excellency Vincent Guo Xijin, Bishop of Mindong (Fujian), and the chancellor of the diocese, Fr. Xu, wereContinue Reading
While Poland is home to thousands of Catholic nuns from dozens of orders, they rarely attract attention like the country’s male clergy. That may be changing since a convent of Capuchins took up boxing to raise money for their orphanage. “We’d like to stress no one was knocked out orContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: AISECT, a top organisation in skill development and employment-linked training, has joined hands with the Maulana Azad National Academy for Skills (MANAS) to implement an entrepreneurship and skills development programme to train unemployed youth from the minority community in Odisha, s statement said on Tuesday. The initial phase ofContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Discussions are underway in Faridabad Syro-Malabar diocese to create personal parishes for Catholics who claim direct Jewish blood lineage. Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara of Faridabad told Matters India on March 26 that they have started discussions on the matter with the Vatican and Kottayam archdiocese inContinue Reading